The hardest thing for me was the framework to actual css transfer. I was taught bootstrap, as I’m sure a lot of junior devs are, but I run into other junior devs who haven’t learned (or don’t want to learn) how to do those same things with regular css. It seems to be hard to break away from a library that has everything, even though you only need one thing from it.
My main focus is JavaScript specialising in frontend UI with React. I like to explore different frameworks and technologies in my spare time. Learning languages (programming and real life) is a blast.
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Bachelor of Design Innovation in Media Design, Victoria University of Wellington
That’s really interesting, I’ve heard of beginners learning React before fully understanding JS and HTML.
I think the fundamentals of CSS are essential, you fully appreciate what a framework like bootstrap does for you when you’ve tried to write things from scratch.
I have heard that too, and I think it leads to the same issue. It’s okay to know how to code in React/Bootstrap, but if you don’t know the why/how, you may be hindering yourself. When I was self teaching myself (shout out to freeCodeCamp) there was a large focus on jQuery and Bootstrap 4 (when it was still in beta). I do think though that it is beneficial to start with something that lowers the barriers to entry. So I don’t know, it’s a give and a take I guess.
My main focus is JavaScript specialising in frontend UI with React. I like to explore different frameworks and technologies in my spare time. Learning languages (programming and real life) is a blast.
Location
London
Education
Bachelor of Design Innovation in Media Design, Victoria University of Wellington
Definitely, I think jQuery made working with the DOM easy to get started compared with plain JS. It’s nice to get a head start and feel productive.
I think if you go down that route then it’s a good idea to invest in some fundamentals after the fact. It makes it much easier to pick up new frameworks with a knowledge of plain JS and CSS if you go for a job that requires something different.
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The hardest thing for me was the framework to actual css transfer. I was taught bootstrap, as I’m sure a lot of junior devs are, but I run into other junior devs who haven’t learned (or don’t want to learn) how to do those same things with regular css. It seems to be hard to break away from a library that has everything, even though you only need one thing from it.
That’s really interesting, I’ve heard of beginners learning React before fully understanding JS and HTML.
I think the fundamentals of CSS are essential, you fully appreciate what a framework like bootstrap does for you when you’ve tried to write things from scratch.
I have heard that too, and I think it leads to the same issue. It’s okay to know how to code in React/Bootstrap, but if you don’t know the why/how, you may be hindering yourself. When I was self teaching myself (shout out to freeCodeCamp) there was a large focus on jQuery and Bootstrap 4 (when it was still in beta). I do think though that it is beneficial to start with something that lowers the barriers to entry. So I don’t know, it’s a give and a take I guess.
Definitely, I think jQuery made working with the DOM easy to get started compared with plain JS. It’s nice to get a head start and feel productive.
I think if you go down that route then it’s a good idea to invest in some fundamentals after the fact. It makes it much easier to pick up new frameworks with a knowledge of plain JS and CSS if you go for a job that requires something different.